High Quality, Nutritious, Healthy Dog Food – The Key to a Healthy Pet
High Quality, Nutritious, Healthy Dog Food is the Key to Your Dog’s Long Term Good Health
When you buy dog food in a grocery store or a pet supermarket, the nutritional value of the food is probably low. Because of that, you may be slowly killing your dog. I’ll talk more about that later.
Think about our own health and nutrition. Eating fast food or other unhealthy food is not good for our own health. That type of food will lead to disease and a breakdown in our bodies over time.
It’s no different for our dogs. An unhealthy diet will result in degenerative diseases and other health issues for them as well.
Why do you think that so many of our dogs are dying from kidney failure, cancer, heart failure, and other degenerative diseases? These diseases in our pets were almost non-existent before the advent of commercial dog food.
You are probably like me. I want my dog to live a long, happy, and healthy life. He gives me unconditional love. He is completely dependent on me. I owe him the very best nutrition.
The picture of me and my dog, Romeo, is on a lot of the articles I write. He is 6 years old and just a mutt. He has been fed high quality, nutritious, healthy dog food ever since he was a little over one year old. I know I am biased, but he is the sweetest, healthiest, and happiest dog we have ever owned.
You possibly don’t believe me when I say that, “you may be slowly killing your dog.” I encourage you to read the article, “What’s Really in Pet Food” which has been prepared by the Animal Protection Institute. You will find some “eye opening” information in this article.
As stated in this article, dog food many times contains food “unfit for human consumption.”
This includes both meat and grains. Is that what we want to feed our dogs – food that is unfit for human consumption?
You can’t properly evaluate the quality of a dog food by simply reading an ingredient label. The label may say it is a “premium” or “top quality” dog food, but it may be far from that.
When you look at an ingredient label, it may appear that the bag contains a quality, nutritious, healthy dog food. But if the food is bought in a store, it could be 6-18 months old.
If you are told by a pet product store owner or employee that the food is fresh, they are probably being dishonest or don’t know what they are talking about.
A pet supermarket may or may not sell its dog food fairly soon after it is received. But they don’t know how long it has remained in a warehouse before shipment to the retailer. As it ages, the food and its nutritional content deteriorate because of mold, bacteria, heat, and other reasons.
When selecting a quality, nutritious, healthy dog food to buy, you should consider the cooking method used. In general, the food should be cooked at low temperatures and for a short time. If not, the nutritional value of the food is destroyed.
I suggest that you consider the following 4 factors in selecting a high quality, nutritious, healthy dog food:
1. The food should contain a high percentage of meat. Completely disregard any product that includes by-products.
Don’t be concerned if you see chicken “meal” or fish “meal” as one of the ingredients. Chicken meal and fish meal are great ingredients as long as they comes from high quality chicken or fish.
For example, water is removed from the chicken to form chicken meal. So if you see “chicken meal” as the first item on the ingredient label, you know that there is a lot of chicken in the product. If “chicken” is listed as one of the top ingredients, it may be much lower on the list of ingredients when the water is removed. The manufacturer may be trying to mislead the consumer to think that chicken is one of the top ingredients.
4. Meat should make up a very high percentage of the food. A food that includes by-products should be avoided.
3. Freshness is a critical factor. A food that is not fresh has deteriorated in nutritional value. Select a vendor that ships a fresh food directly to your house.
Chicken meal is chicken with the water removed. So chicken meal can be a higher quality ingredient than just chicken. You know that there is a lot of chicken in the food if chicken meal is listed as the first ingredient. If chicken is listed as the top ingredient, it may be much lower when the water is removed.
Providing a high quality, nutritious, healthy dog food will help your pet live a long, healthy, and happy life. That’s what I want to do for my little fellow.
Scott Hubbard is a avid pet lover. For the last 40 years, dogs have been a major part of his family. He has devoted the last five years to selecting the best products for pet health. You can click here to learn more about the high quality, nutritious, healthy dog food that he recommends. You can reach him directly by calling toll-free 877-878-4036 or by emailing him at Scott@ScottHubbard-Consulting.com.